Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Sibylla Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Daughter of Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954) and his wife Viktoria Adelheid, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1885-1970).

Born: Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha 18. Jan 1908

Married: (civ.) Veste Coburg 19. Oct and (rel.) Church of St. Moritz, Coburg 20. Oct 1932 Gustaf Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten (1906-1947), her second cousin, son of Gustaf VI. Adolf, King of Sweden (1882-1973) and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920).

Issue:

• Margaretha, Princess of Sweden (1934) m. 1964 John Ambler (1924)

• Birgitta, Princess of Sweden (1937) m. 1961 Johann Georg, Prinz von Hohenzollern (1932)

• Désirée, Princess of Sweden (1938) m. 1964 Niclas Friherre Silfverschiöld (1934)

• Christina, Princess of Sweden (1943) m. 1974 Tord Magnuson (1941)

• Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1946) m. 1976 Silvia Sommerlath (1943)

Died: Stockholm 28. Nov 1972 from cancer

Buried: Royal burial ground Hagapark, Stockholm

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997